"先人" meaning in Chinese

See 先人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ɕie¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /siɛn³³ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/, /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/, /ɕie¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/, /siɛn³³ lin²⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/, /sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: xiānrén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sin¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xie¹ reng¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], sian-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], sian-jîn [Hokkien, POJ], soin¹ ring⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], xiānrén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], sianrén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsien¹-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], syān-rén [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shianren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сяньжэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sjanʹžɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sin¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], sīn yàhn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], sin¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], xin¹ yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], xie¹ reng¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], sian-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sienliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sian-jîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sienjiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], soiⁿ jîng [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 先人
  1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers
    Sense id: en-先人-zh-noun-O945C240
  2. (respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father Categories (topical): Death, Family, People Synonyms (one's deceased father): 亡父 (wángfù) [literary], 先父 (xiānfù) [literary], 先考 (xiānkǎo) [literary]
    Sense id: en-先人-zh-noun-UsAqmtfZ Disambiguation of Death: 1 93 6 Disambiguation of Family: 1 54 46 Disambiguation of People: 1 47 52 Disambiguation of "one's deceased father": 1 97 2
  3. the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers Categories (topical): Family, Male, People
    Sense id: en-先人-zh-noun-tVjjv7Vt Disambiguation of Family: 1 54 46 Disambiguation of Male: 27 4 69 Disambiguation of People: 1 47 52 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 6 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 3 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 先人板板
Synonyms: 上輩 (shàngbèi), 上辈 (shàngbèi), 上輩子 (shàngbèizi), 上辈子 (shàngbèizi), 先代 (xiāndài) [literary], 先古 (xiāngǔ) [literary], 先君 (xiānjūn) [literary], 先祖 (xiānzǔ) [literary], 先輩 (xiānbèi), 先辈 (xiānbèi), 公婆 [Hokkien], 公媽 [Min-Nan], 公妈 [Min-Nan], 早勻 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 早匀 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 父祖 (fùzǔ) [literary], 皇考 (huángkǎo) [archaic], 祖上 (zǔshàng), 祖先 (zǔxiān), 祖公 [Hokkien], 祖宗 (zǔzōng), 老祖宗, 老輩 (lǎobèi), 老辈 (lǎobèi), 先民 (xiānmín) [literary], 前人 (qiánrén), 古人 (gǔrén), 古代人 (gǔdàirén), 古者 (gǔzhě) [literary]
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          "_dis": "1 93 6",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 960–1127, Wang Anshi, 《傷仲永》",
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          "word": "亡父"
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          "roman": "xiānfù",
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          "tags": [
            "literary"
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          "word": "先父"
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          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "roman": "xiānkǎo",
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          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先考"
        }
      ]
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "31 6 63",
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          "_dis": "27 4 69",
          "kind": "topical",
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            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
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          "time"
        ],
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          "forefather"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ reng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soin¹ ring⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shianren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ reng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soiⁿ jîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上輩子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上辈子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāndài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先代"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先古"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānjūn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先君"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先祖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "公婆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "公媽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "公妈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早勻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早匀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fùzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "父祖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "huángkǎo",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "皇考"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zǔshàng",
      "word": "祖上"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zǔxiān",
      "word": "祖先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "祖公"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zǔzōng",
      "word": "祖宗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "老祖宗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānmín",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先民"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "qiánrén",
      "word": "前人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔrén",
      "word": "古人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔdàirén",
      "word": "古代人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔzhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "古者"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先人"
}
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 先",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "zh:Male",
    "zh:People"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors; forebears; forefathers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forebear",
          "forebear"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the year of Mingdao, I returned to my home with my late father and saw him in my uncle’s home. He was twelve or thirteen years old by then.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 960–1127, Wang Anshi, 《傷仲永》",
          "roman": "Míngdào zhōng, cóng xiānrén huánjiā, yú jiù jiā jiàn zhī, shí'èr sān yǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "明道中,從先人還家,於舅家見之,十二三矣。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "In the year of Mingdao, I returned to my home with my late father and saw him in my uncle’s home. He was twelve or thirteen years old by then.",
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            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "ref": " 960–1127, Wang Anshi, 《傷仲永》",
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          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "明道中,从先人还家,于舅家见之,十二三矣。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deceased",
          "deceased"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "late",
          "late"
        ],
        [
          "dearly",
          "dearly"
        ],
        [
          "departed",
          "departed"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "respectful",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ reng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soin¹ ring⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shianren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ reng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soiⁿ jîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上輩子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上辈子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāndài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānjūn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先君"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先祖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先辈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "公婆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "公媽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "公妈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早勻"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早匀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fùzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "父祖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángkǎo",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "皇考"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔshàng",
      "word": "祖上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔxiān",
      "word": "祖先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "祖公"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔzōng",
      "word": "祖宗"
    },
    {
      "word": "老祖宗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wángfù",
      "sense": "one's deceased father",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "亡父"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānfù",
      "sense": "one's deceased father",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先父"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānkǎo",
      "sense": "one's deceased father",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先考"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānmín",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先民"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánrén",
      "word": "前人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔrén",
      "word": "古人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔdàirén",
      "word": "古代人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔzhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "古者"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先人"
}

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